MSYS2 Alternatives for Mac
MSYS2 is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The most popular Mac alternative is PowerShell, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MSYS2 and five of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to MSYS2 are
BusyBox (Free, Open Source),
Shell NGN (Freemium),
csshX (Free, Open Source) and
RustyBox (Free).
- PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. View 56 alternatives to PowerShell
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
PowerShell doesn't provide all tools offered msys2+mingw. - BusyBox is a single binary that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable. View 7 alternatives to BusyBox
- SHELLNGN is a cloud based SSH client with SFTP and Telnet support. Manage your servers anywhere you are, with a professional and feature-rich SSH and SFTP Client. View 88 alternatives to Shell NGN
- csshX is a tool to allow simultaneous control of multiple SSH sessions. It will attempt to create an SSH session to each remote host in separate Terminal.app windows. View 32 alternatives to csshX
- RustyBox is a free-range, non-GMO fork of BusyBox written entirely in Rust. It includes all your favorite commands like ls, mount, and top, but without a single line of C code! View 7 alternatives to RustyBox